Top 10 Freaking Cool Boxing Knockouts of 2014
Who is the most dominant professional boxer in the world? If the dream match Floyd Mayweather vs. Manny Pacquiao makes a deal, the knockout will prove then.
Before that happens, let's take a look at the top 10 best boxing knockout of 2014, all of them are freaking cool.
10. Obligatory Warning
Fighters: Danny Garcia KOs Rod Salka
Date: August 9
Try to avoid fights, projectiles or whacks from two-by-fours, and sure as shit don't box. If that doesn't convince you to ditch the gloves for something safer then maybe this second round knockout of Rod Salka by Danny Garcia will.
Honestly, many who saw the fight are surprised it lasted that long.
9. Time For a Mid-90s Throwback
Fighters: Hugo Centeno Jr. KOs James De la Rosa
Date: December 6
What is a top 10 knockout punch? Smokey already said it best.
8. "You're gonna eat lightning and you're gonna crap thunder!"
Fighters: Jose Zepeda KOs Victor Manuel Cayo
Date: August 11
Oh no wait, never mind. This bout lasted all of a minute and 18 seconds and represented Cayo's third loss in four fights over the past two years. At this point, even Mickey Goldmill would toss in the towel.
7. He's Not Dead
Fighters: Amir Mansour KOs Fred Kassi
Date: November 8
Though you'd be forgiven for thinking he was. Amir Monsour spent almost nine years in prison for cocaine trafficking. How frequently he did this while locked up is unknown.
6. The most vicious punch in this string?
Fighters: Orlando Salido KOs Terdsak Kokietgym
Date: September 20
Is undoubtedly the celebratory haymaker thrown by Orlando Salido after knocking out Terdsak Kokietgym. With the KO, Salido bested an experienced fighter who has been in dozens of fights in his official career, and probably hundreds of others growing up.
5. Literal One-Two Punch
Fighters: Terrell Gausha KOs Cesar Vila
Date: December 11
Like getting fisted by DeMaryius Thomas and Emmanuel Sanders, except even less pleasant. Actually, upon watching again, that's more like a four-punch combo which gave Cleveland native Terrell Gausha a 13-0 start to his career.
4. The Champ Reigns On
Fighters: Wladimir Klitschko KOs Kubrat Pulev
Date: November 15
To be the man, you got to beat the man. At least, that's what we hear. And unfortunately in mid-November Kubrat Pulev couldn't take down Wladimir Klitschko, making him the 21st consecutive opponent to lose to Mr. Hayden Panettiere.
It was the 17th straight title defense by Klitschko. He still hasn't lost since 2004. And that's why he's one of about three household names left in boxing.
3. When it comes to their toll on the brain...
Fighters: Alexander Povetkin KOs Manuel Charr
Date: May 30
...this five-punch barrage equals Emmitt Smith's entire career. With this succession of shock waves to the head of challenger Manuel Charr, Alexander Povetkin retained his WBC International Heavyweight Title.
Oh, and also probably shortened Charr's life by four-to-six years.
2. This knockout came in defense of the WBO lightweight belt.
Fighters: Terence Crawford KOs Yuriorkis Gamboa
Date: June 28
And the fact that many of us didn't know that is pretty much confirmation that the sport is on life support. Not unlike most of the guys on this list about ten years down the road.
1. Wow, Freakin' Movie Punch
Fighters: Carl Froch KOs George Groves
Date: May 31
"Float like a butterfly, sting like a 200 lb. man trained to do as much damage as possible with his fists." What else is there to say?
If you could swing like this, the most freaking cool knockout of 2014, the very best, you could say whatever you want to whoever you want.
After the match Froch said about Groves (the punch throw-ee):
"How do you define a good punch? By what it means. And what that (punch) meant was the whole George Groves saga, the way people will look back at it in the years to come, that was the right hand that finished the job.
So yeah that probably was the best punch I've thrown in my life."
(source:complex.com)
